Brian Yoshida

Artist Statement:My practice involves the process of meaning-making through the displacement of acquired, found, or made images and objects. They are used to compose a series of installations, photographs, and drawings. As an artist I engage to transform the architectural site of display into a repository articulating the naturally, culturally, and socially induced experiences shaping our worldview. This is accomplished by translating my realizations into a visual experience by narrating the loss felt from personally and academically inspired ways of seeing reality; death and dying, philosophy, and social-science. Many of my artworks contain metaphoric icons of melancholia as a result of my investigations and meditations. In an instance my practice is about figuring ways to represent what can be understood by analyzing what is felt in life.

Biography:Brian Yoshida was born in Yokohama, Japan, to a Japanese-American mother. He has been educated at Parsons The New School of Design.